This article's title, "How Bush Is Getting Jews To Give Up Judaism And Destroy Israel", perhaps the most sensationally-titled article currently making the rounds at Technorati, caught my eye today, and I would be remiss not to quote such quotables as:

Someone got the brilliant idea that if they could capture the hearts and minds of the evangelicals and other religious groups that they could rise to power in America. A corollary to this view is that if they could capture the hearts and minds of the Jewish political elite, it probably would be the tipping point. That probably was the tipping point....

Bush’s tactics are not subtle. He has the consciousness of a brutal dictator. He will lie, cheat, steal, murder, torture… whatever it takes… to accomplish his ends. I don’t have to prove this. I am only describing strategies Bush has used consistently in accumulating power and in pursuing his wars.

Bush has the same consciousness that Hitler had...

Whoa!

But before this guy is lambasted by every able-bodied index finger G-d has graced to touch a keyboard, let's examine what strikes me as the key point of veracity, if one can find no other:

By aligning with Bush, these Jews have acquired the power they needed to ‘defend’ Israel. The problem is that the power that was acquired was a political payoff. It was a payoff that said, “I will give you the power you are asking for as long as you do not get in my way as I pursue my own goals.”

You see, the problem with the "Bush is the friend of the Jews" line is, even if it were true, Bush is proving himself to be on the side of virtually no one else. Latinos, Blacks, the poor, and the entire Third World have fallen prey to the talons of Halliburton and Bush's other Corporate Cronies, Inc., and I'll judge people favorably and say that this is not naivete.

No, I feel as if this is something much more potentially harmful. Have the right-wing Jewish pundits and their respective populations come to the conclusion of "they won't screw US over"?

Such conclusions almost prove themselves to be hubris -- the proverbial "famous last words" -- in hindsight.